Fire-hose rack



om 231, 1923. 1,471,499 A VY. MCCLINTOCK FIRE HOSE RACK FiledJan. 29. 1921 cent ends oft the arms, when in hose supporting position, is reduced to a minimum. rllhe pivot posts 19 are spaced apart siiticientljiT to allow the hose to be *hung in'l properly spaced 1loops (Fig. 6) and they are so disposed with respect to the vertical webs l5 that the abutments 2O will clear the adjacent bosses when the arms are in hose releasing position, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The shelves 16 need only be-wide enough to provide a bearing surface for the bosses 18, the webs l5 serving to vgive rigidity to the shelves.

ln order 'to permit the Ahose to be guided between the frame` without obstruction from the ends of the arms 17, the latter are beveled or rounded as at 2l, these Vends there fore serving as guiding-.means for theV hose. t will benoted thatthese ends extend beyond or overlie the edges or" the .shelves 16 which lat-ter consequently do not form guides for the hose.y This manner of guiding the hose between the frame is an important feature of. the in'ventionsince a. considerable s ving` saving in material is obtained by making the shelves .only of suilicient width to support the swinging arms and the Vtrame as a whole may be made much lighter than .heretofore without sacrifice of strength of .the same.y

.At the other. end ofthe U-frame there is provided a pair of yojatezarms 25 which are preferably of, a length to provide a. practically continuous support for the hosebetween the `shelves 16. These frate arms are 'supportedV to swing about pivot posts 26 which are suitably secured to the shelves 1G, These pivot posts arey of a length sucient to allow the gate arms to have longitudinal movement thereon without becomingdisen- ,qafedtlieretrom for a purpose that will presently appear In order to provide .a sybstantial support/tor these a nis. whichrarrv the last loop of the hose to `which the comparatively heavy nozzle is secured. the shelvesare 'madeV somewhat wider` at these points and thev pivot posts 26 are spaced further apartfon the Jframe than are the pivot posts 19. Y

l'tis desirable to arrange these lQfate. arms isothat they will not beaccidentally swung open. o obtain this result there is providedpan impositive lock which preferably consists of a. recess or groove27. in the shelf,

'the arms 25 ontheir under sides heinep oi J shaped form as indicated at 28 whereby the arms will seat in these recesses but may readily ride up .therefrom andrtlienfslide on the shelf .into the position shown in Figurel. 'j A' o Adiacent the groove QZis a stop4 pin 3() aofaiiist which the yQ'atearms may abut when swung to closev the open end of the frame. The lpins also serve as stop meansv for the outer pair of swinging; arms.

v ,iition with great particularity of detail l desire it to be distinctly understood that l intend no limitations on the invention eX- cept as may be dened by the appended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

j1.. ln a hose rack, spaced supporting members separated at one' end to permitdis charac oi: a .hose positioned therebetween and hose carryingarms pivotedzin closely spaced relation on said members, said arms being relatively long'to project a consid- .erable distance across the space between the supporting members to provide long: reaching; supports tor theloops ot hose, said Varms being;` laterally oiliset from their piv .otalaXes toward the sidev which is away from thedischarge end of the rack when the armsvstand in'their projectingrelation and whereby the arms will fold together in closelv overlapping` slightly inclinedv relation to lpermit quick and free discharge of the hose. and enable easy replacement of the hosetherebetween.

2. Thestructure of claim 1 in which the lateral otl'settinp` of the arms is effected by .constructing the arms with .centrally perforated pivot bosses and bydisposing the ta noenti ally of such bosses.

8. The structure of claim Ylv inwhich the arms in both their outstanding and in their folded positions project beyond the supportingmembers and are constructed at their 'overlappint ends with curved guiding' surfaces. to freely vguide the hose entered between the supportingr members.

o 4.. ln a hose raclna supporting' member and hose carryinirarms pivoted inrclosely spaced relation on said member, said arms beine relatively long to project a considerliable distance beyond the supporting; member and thereby provide long reaching supports torv loops of hose and beingil offset laterally Afrom their pivotal aXes in a direction away from the .discharge end of the rack, whereby said arms in the hose discharging position will'told together in closely overlapping' sliohtlv inclined relation.

5.l The structure of claim 4l in'which the "laterally oiliset arms are extended beyond their pivotal axes to provide rearwardly projecting laterally offset stops and in which the supportinefy member has an upstaudinfr Vflange for engagement bysuch laterally on"- set stops.

6. ln a hose rack, a pair of spaced substantially parallel shelves widened outward lv at the discharge end of the racl, hose carrying arms pivoted on the shelves, gate arms pivoted on theV widened end portions 1,471,499 l' y e 3 of the shelves, said gate arms being longer than the other hose supporting arms andthe pivots of said gate arms being separated a greater distance than the pivotsof the other 5 opposed hose supporting arms, said Widening of the shelves thereby enabling the use distance apart and providing relatively broad supports for bracing said longer arms.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set 10 my hand this 28th day of January, 1921.

WILLIAM MOCLINTOCK. 

